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Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (26 Nov 2003)

David Norris: I would like to discuss the parameters within which we view this issue. As an Independent Member, I am non-partisan and would like to encourage the Minister of State. He is a very good Minister, a very decent man, but like all Ministers he is fighting for a budget. This is an important one and I want him to carry back the message to the Government that he has the support of all sections of...

Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (26 Nov 2003)

David Norris: That is even better and I compliment the Minister of State on the idea.

Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (26 Nov 2003)

David Norris: I second the amendment. Amendment put and declared lost. Question put and declared carried.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: Allow Senator Ryan to continue without interruption please.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: It was ventriloquism.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: Why not throw in the Pope?

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: It was not on that issue.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: I join my colleagues who expressed concern about the situation in Europe, with France and Germany behaving in a cavalier fashion. It is a pity our Minister supported them in this action – I wish he had the courage to vote against them. In respect of stem cell research, I will be very glad when this debate is over. I have heard such nonsense on the airwaves. If we are not careful they will...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: There is one matter I would like to raise and I am sure it is something about which both the Cathaoirleach and the Leader will be concerned. Outside this Chamber we have a portrait of Constance Markievicz who was one of the founders of this State. Her house and contents have recently been put up for sale and there is some controversy about that. That controversy is justified in view of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: It is important to correct that. A generation of my mother's family died out nursing people with Famine fever. It is easy to try to paint a whole group of such people in society with that type of tar.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: There is quite a degree of consensus on the amendment and I hope this will be sufficient to persuade the relevant people to consider it. Apart from anything else, this is a question of qualifications. Like many other people, I have received e-mails in the last week or two offering me PhDs in various subjects if I send on my credit card number. One group has awarded me the American Medal of...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: Why can it not be dealt with in this House?

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: There is international recognition of degrees at university level.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)

David Norris: It should have been completed before the Bill was presented to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2003)

David Norris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2003)

David Norris: No, no, no.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2003)

David Norris: I congratulate Senator Leyden on keeping a straight face during his contribution.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2003)

David Norris: Can I reassure Senator Leyden about the fate of Mr. Waters because Geraldine Kennedy has minimised his discomfort?

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2003)

David Norris: I support Senator O'Toole's concerns on bribery. It appears extraordinary that just one side of the equation is prosecuted. For a bribe to be effective, someone must make it. The initiation of the criminal act comes from someone other than the person who receives the bribe and he or she must be taken into account. This leads me to comment on Senator Terry's remark. She called for a debate,...